AN OVERVIEW OF THE SCIENTIFIC RESULTS AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE TWO MODULES OF THE CHANDRAYAAN-3 MISSION

The purpose of this study is to explore the two modules that comprise the Chandrayaan-3 Mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The mission contains a Propulsion Module (PM) and a Lander Module (LM). The Propulsion Module contains the Spectro-Polarimetry Habitable Planetary Earth (SHAPE) payload. The Vikram Lander contains Chandra's Surface Thermo-physical Experiment (ChaSTE), Radio Anatomy of Moon Bound Hypersensitive Ionosphere and Atmosphere - Langmuir Probe (RAMBHA-LP), the Instrument for Lunar Seismic Activity (ILSA) and a passive Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) from NASA. The Pragyan Rover contains the LASER Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) and the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS). This paper aims to give an overview of the propulsion module, the lander module, and the scientific instruments (ChaSTE, RAMBHA-LP, ILSA, APXS and LIBS) and their scientific results.